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Suspicious object just “homemade speaker”
The parking lot of the Sam’s Club/Wal-Mart Shopping Center was closed down for much of the afternoon last Thursday after a “suspicious item” was found there, the Hattiesburg Poli...
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Economics 101 – State deals school district a budgetary blow
With one of the largest school districts in the area, the Lamar County School District could see a cut of about $2 million in state funding in its budget for the current school year as the result ...
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Work Continues – 4th Street project is ongoing
Officials are hopeful that the section of West Fourth Street between Weathersby Road and Gravel Pit Road will be reopened to traffic in time for the Thanksgiving shopping season.
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Chuck Bennett with some of the publications he has had the opportunity to write for. Sports Minded: County administrator enjoys forays into the writing world
Brett Favre’s decision not to retire – which once delayed publication of a book written in part by Lamar County resident Chuck Bennett – could now bring renewed interest to the book his acti...
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A Pakistani villager salvages a washing machine through deep floodwater on the outskirts of Peshawar, Pakistan, on Saturday, July 31, 2010. The death toll in the massive flooding in Pakistan surged past 800 as floodwaters receded Saturday in the hard-hit northwest, an official said. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)AP - The death toll in the massive flooding in Pakistan surged past 800 as floodwaters receded Saturday in the hard-hit northwest, an official said. The damage to roads, bridges and communications networks hindered rescuers, while the threat of disease loomed as some evacuees arrived in camps with fever, diarrhea and skin problems.


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People take photos before boarding a bus at the Delamatar Inn before departing for Chelsea Clinton and Marc Mezvinsky's wedding  in Rhinebeck, N.Y., on Saturday, July 31, 2010.  (AP Photo/Mike Groll)AP - Chelsea Clinton wed her longtime boyfriend under extraordinary security at an elegant Hudson River estate late Saturday.


Sat Jul 31 20:22:15 -0500 2010

Firefighters spray water on burning plants as flames race across the desert floor in Palmdale, Calif., Friday, July 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Mike Meadows)AP - A wildfire smoldered in the high desert north of Los Angeles Saturday, spewing plumes of thick smoke into a nearby town as hundreds of firefighters worked to contain the 2-day-old blaze.


Sat Jul 31 17:38:57 -0500 2010